PROCEEDINGS OF THE 19TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ON RESEARCH IN UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
2016
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Assessing students’ understanding of eigenvectors and eigenvalues in linear algebra
Page: 1401
Many concepts within Linear Algebra are extremely useful in STEM fields; in particular are the concepts of eigenvector and eigenvalue. Through examining the body of research on student reasoning in linear algebra and our own understanding of eigenvectors and eigenvalues, we are developing preliminary ideas about a framework for eigentheory. Based on these preliminary ideas, we are also creating an assessment tool that will test students’ understanding of eigentheory. This poster will present our preliminary framework, and examples of the multiple- choice-extended questions we have created to assess student understanding.